A settler came to Wisconsin, locating at Johnstown, where he purchased forty acres in Sec. 2.

The evidence

• “Johnstown; born in Erie Co., N. Y.,in 1815 ; came to Wisconsin in 1840, locating at Johnstown, where he purchased forty acres in Sec. 2 ; afterward sold and purchased 120 acres on Sec. 15, which he again sold and moved to Sec. 12, where he purchased 280 acres — his present homestead. Married, in 1850, Miss Emeline Saxe, a native of Greene Co., N.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/24-bios-johnstown.md, PDF p. 808 / book p. 812

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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